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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 5, 2018, 2:26 PM CDT for Lake County, Porter County, Indiana. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2018, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2018, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
Counties Lake County, IN, Porter County, IN
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 189 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2183 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
381 WHUS43 KLOT 051926 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE National Weather Service Chicago IL 226 PM CDT Tue Jun 5 2018 ILZ014-INZ001-002-060330- /O.NEW.KLOT.BH.S.0002.180605T1926Z-180606T0500Z/ Cook-Lake IN-Porter- 226 PM CDT Tue Jun 5 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a Beach Hazards Statement...which is in effect until midnight CDT tonight. * LOCATION...Cook County Illinois and far Northwest Indiana beaches. * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * FORECAST WAVE HEIGHTS...to 5 ft. * STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Life threatening waves and currents are expected at the beaches. People visiting the beaches should stay out of the water. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars. Rip currents can sweep you into deeper water. Structural currents form along piers where longshore currents and wave action flow into the structure. Structural currents can sweep you into deeper water along the pier structure. Exposed beaches are more likely to experience the most significant wave and current impacts. Impacts at beaches with protective breakwalls or jetties will be subject to the orientation of structures as well as wind and wave direction. For information on swim advisories or bans at Chicago beaches visit: www.cpdbeaches.com. && $$ MTF
2 follow-up statements
875 WHUS43 KLOT 060132 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE National Weather Service Chicago IL 832 PM CDT Tue Jun 5 2018 ILZ014-INZ001-002-060900- /O.EXT.KLOT.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-180606T0900Z/ Cook-Lake IN-Porter- 832 PM CDT Tue Jun 5 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...Cook County Illinois and far Northwest Indiana beaches. * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * FORECAST WAVE HEIGHTS...to 6 ft. * STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Life threatening waves and currents are expected at the beaches. People visiting the beaches should stay out of the water. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars. Rip currents can sweep you into deeper water. Structural currents form along piers where longshore currents and wave action flow into the structure. Structural currents can sweep you into deeper water along the pier structure. Exposed beaches are more likely to experience the most significant wave and current impacts. Impacts at beaches with protective breakwalls or jetties will be subject to the orientation of structures as well as wind and wave direction. For information on swim advisories or bans at Chicago beaches visit: www.cpdbeaches.com. && $$ Rodriguez
080 WHUS43 KLOT 060859 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE National Weather Service Chicago IL 359 AM CDT Wed Jun 6 2018 ILZ014-INZ001-002-061000- /O.EXP.KLOT.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-180606T0900Z/ Cook-Lake IN-Porter- 359 AM CDT Wed Jun 6 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... Waves have subsided below four feet early this morning. A moderate swim risk will continue into mid morning. $$ Kluber
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.